Chapter 376 The Peace Talks of the Tianjin Teaching Cases Success
The location of the new martial arts hall was selected at Xiaozhan, and the next step was to enclose the land and prepare to build school buildings, barracks and training venues, covering an area of several square kilometers. Li Guolou entrusted Liu Jie with the specific operational matters of preparing to build the "new martial arts hall" , mark the mark on the map of Xiaozhan Town. The circle drawn with a blue pen is the territory of Xinwutang. The people next to him were stunned. Li Guolou alone talked about such a large relocation project. Calculate.
Li Guolou carelessly stuffed the map into Liu Jie's arms and said: "Mr. Liu, the demolition and construction projects must be started together. We cannot delay it for a day. Who dares not to move away and demolish it by force? Even Zhuangzi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will do it for me." If I demolish it, whoever dares to disobey will be punished by the Tianjin mob. The construction team will move in within three days, and the demolition project will start in seven days. Within two months, I will see the construction fully rolled out, and the first batch of trainees will move in on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the new year. This It’s a military order!”
Liu Jie held a stack of maps, frowned and said: "Master Li, the county magistrate's big seal notice must be posted first to let the people of Xiaozhan Town know, otherwise who will buy it?"
Li Guolou suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "Oh, I almost forgot. I have ten blank notices stamped with the official seal of Tianjin County. Now you can write them. Then post them everywhere in Xiaozhan Town so that Xiaozhan can The people know that the court will not treat them badly. Forced demolition is not an act that disturbs the people, but a win-win situation. Every relocated person will be compensated. As for errands, you have to find a job for those people to support their families. "
Liu Jie saw the blank notice, and it indeed had the bright red official seal of Tianjin County on it. He understood that this officer was doing things very fast and did not even give his subordinates a chance to breathe. Li Guolou was so powerful that it was shocking, and there was a vacancy for Tianjin County officials. !Li Hongzhang actually let Li Guolou stamp the official seal of Tianjin County at will. He is worthy of being the "Tianhua Lang" who is very popular in the court.
"Subordinate, I will finish my errand and move my family to Xiaozhan Town tomorrow. With my old face, the people here will not refuse to give me face." Liu Jie took the letter of appointment, high-spirited and rekindled in his heart. With great fighting spirit, he will want foreigners to kneel at his feet in the future.
"Well! I believed you once. Liu Jie failed this time. It's not as simple as being expelled from the army and sent to the army. I don't want money for atonement. Do you understand?" Li Guolou narrowed his slender eyes and stared at Liu Jie. Wei, if he wants to hang the head on the camp gate, it depends on which ignorant person offers the head?
"I understand! I promise to complete the mission." Liu Jie didn't dare to look at Li Guolou's face. He heard that this officer personally killed more than a dozen prisoners of war. The guards all wore American Colt revolvers. He didn't want to be raped. The last time the French consul Feng Daye shot at him, his bodyguard Gao Sheng took the bullet for him. Now he is being bullied by dogs, and he will not have such a good life.
Liu Jie had many doubts about the construction of a new martial arts hall in Li Guolou, which required more square kilometers of land. Almost half of the residents of Xiaozhan Town would be demolished and two-fifths of the land would be expropriated. Is it necessary to use such a large plot of land for a building? ?He is a guilty person, and he is not familiar with Li Guolou, so he dare not ask Li Guolou. The group of guards next to him are all Li Guolou's servants. They couldn't stand it any longer. Whispering.
Cheng Kun was pushed out and said with a smile: "Master Li, why does the scope of the new martial arts hall need to be so broad?"
Li Guolou glanced extremely dissatisfied and said: "You still want to be a soldier! You don't even understand this. We have an artillery battalion here, don't you want to fire? The latest Prussian Krupp cannon has a range of more than 1 kilometer. The new
Howitzers and mortars also have to exceed kilometers, so should we shoot the cannons into people's houses?"
"Ten kilometers!" More than a dozen guardsmen exclaimed together. They were going to enter the new martial arts hall for training. Of course they were reading military books. Now even the red cannon located on the Weihaiwei fort can't fall into the sea 1 kilometer away.
Here, the red-coated cannon with a range of three to four kilometers is already the most lethal cannon. Those French cannons have a shorter range, with an effective range of up to meters.
Li Guolou looked around and saw his personal bodyguard, shaking his head and saying: "You guys are so out of date. The era of killing foreigners with a big knife, a bowl of magic spells, etc. has long passed. Modern warfare is a large-scale group.
Fight in a chemical way, whether to defend to the death or not
Unless we occupy natural barriers, but does Tianjin have natural barriers? A city wall, trenches, and a few forts are not enough. Only a head-on confrontation with the enemy in the wild, how nice is the saying "ambush warfare", there is
The place lets you make dumplings
Is that so? People who treat the enemy as fools are too naive. We all set up the battlefield with cannons, spears, and grenades, and directly confront them. Our cannons cannot hit the enemy, and a few enemy cannons will kill us. This battle is possible
Win? Ping
In the original war, we can only fight for attrition. As long as our weapons do not lag too far behind, we will fight for attrition with the foreigners and win them all. From now on, each of you will lead a battalion for me. Think about fighting the foreigners for all their strength, and tens of thousands of people will die.
Tell me you can defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance."
"Yes!" The eighteen bodyguards have long been trained to be killing machines. They know that their team will be used to defend an iron wall in the Gyeonggi area in the future. Other armies can retreat. They can only defend the capital to the death and fight to the end.
Determination is engraved on each of their faces. This is the path they have chosen to stand up and sacrifice themselves for the country.
Liu Jie was surprised to see the eighteen bodyguards standing motionless, as motionless as nails, with expressions so firm and unwavering. What did Li Guolou instill in these servants the idea of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism?
Motivation makes this group of servants who could have lived a carefree life willing to endure hardships and sacrifice to become soldiers? Is it just for the title of officer? And a high salary?
Liu Jie was moved by these fearless guards and roared: "Yes!" He also stood in front of Li Guolou with his chest raised and his belly protruding. He was not old yet and had great ambitions. As Li Guolou said, gunboats
The foreigners are powerful, and it is inevitable for the foreigners to invade and land, but the Qing infantry is not much worse than the foreigners, and they have trained a guard that dares to fight. On the vast continent, it is still unclear who will win.
The French Minister Luo Shuya in Tianjin, the British Minister Wytoma, the Russian Minister Buter, the American Minister Williams and other ministers from seven countries came to meet with Li Hongzhang, the Minister of Commerce and Industry of Beiyang, as usual. After exchanging greetings, Luo Shuya still had a tough tone.
Ask the Qing government to execute all officials at all levels in Tianjin's prefectures and counties. Otherwise, the French government will not give up and will fight with the Qing government. The French Mediterranean fleet has already arrived in Yantai. The consequences will be serious. Don't toast.
Eat and drink as a penalty.
Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Mr. Luo Rong, the Qing mob caused troubles, burned, killed and looted. We in the Qing Dynasty bear the responsibility of compensating the losses suffered by various countries and arresting the murderers. Of course, the burned churches and other buildings are also responsible for the consequences.
Our Qing government rebuilt it as before. We, the Qing government, will never tolerate those mobs.
All of them must be brought to justice to resolve public grievances in various countries. However, it is against common sense and inconsistent with the laws of the Qing Dynasty to punish state and county officials in Tianjin. Which of your Western countries has mobs killing people, but let local officials
In matters of legalization, if there is such a precedent, our Qing laws and regulations can also be revised, and ministers from various countries can be invited to give evidence."
French Minister Luo Shuya felt a little timid, but still roared: "Those mobs were directed by the local officials behind the scenes. Only then did Feng Daye, Simon and others die in the line of duty. If the local officials are not punished on the spot, our people will be in danger."
It’s hard to agree.”
The British Minister Wytoma also shouted: "The local officials in Tianjin mishandled the situation, which caused the church I built to be destroyed. The local officials should be punished."
Li Hongzhang asked: "Then I would like to ask Minister Luo, your consul Feng Daye shot and killed people in the Qing Dynasty. Simon drew his gun and threatened, which caused unnecessary incidents. In the final analysis, it was your people who took the lead.
Yeah. The mob couldn't control their emotions and burned and stormed the church overnight. The local officials didn't expect this to happen. Originally, tens of thousands of people just protested outside the church and did not cross the border.
Blockade line. Since all countries still need to negotiate well, don’t dwell on the responsibilities of local officials. All the officials in the prefectures and counties in Tianjin were removed from their posts and dealt with strictly. Our Qing government did not condone these incompetent local officials, so this is okay.
I have an explanation for the people of all countries. I hope Minister Luo will not make things difficult for me on this issue, and everyone should calmly talk about other matters related to compensation and aftermath matters."
In fact, the ministers from various countries only intimidated the Qing government and did not want the local officials in Tianjin to enforce justice on the spot. They are a country ruled by law. Only those who know how to respect the law will negotiate with the Qing government and blackmail the Qing government.
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The seven countries first offered compensation of one million taels of silver, but no consensus was reached. The two sides refused to give in to each other on national compensation and kept talking for more than a month.
French Minister Luo Shuya even threatened to attack the Qing Dynasty and launch bloody revenge.
Li Guolou suddenly jumped out and read out the imperial edict of Emperor Tongzhi, saying that as long as the French dared to open fire, the Qing government would no longer recognize all treaties signed with France and would take back the French Concession and the signed trade treaties.
The British Minister Wittmer quickly stood up and said that it was better to negotiate. The trouble caused by the mob did not reach the point of war between the two countries. So far, the French Minister Luo Shuya stopped talking about the artillery fire, and the parties returned to the negotiating table.
At this time, a dramatic scene suddenly occurred. Originally, the Prussian Empire did not have a consulate in the Qing Dynasty, but the consulates in China all had British consulates and managers. Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck suddenly sent Knipping, the first minister to China, and acted as a mediator.
Identity, dealing with various countries, finally successfully signed a memorandum, and all parties reached a compromise.
The two sides began to deliberate on the compensation details and reached the following results: First, compensation should be paid to the widows of the dead and injured foreigners' families, the seven murderers responsible for the murders should be brought to justice, and the eighteen prefecture and county officials in Tianjin should be removed from their posts and severely punished. The churches destroyed by the mob should be recovered.
The Qing Dynasty was responsible for the construction of offices and other facilities as before. Because the Tianjin Missionary Incident caused too much harm to France and the French people, the Qing Dynasty had to send ministers to France to apologize as a sign of repair. The Qing Dynasty Compensation Law, Britain, the United States and other seven countries
Ten thousand taels of silver.
When the French Minister Rosaura saw the Prussian Minister Knippin, he immediately turned into a submissive slave. He stayed silent at the negotiation table and signed and stamped his name in a genial manner. On behalf of the French government, he revealed an unpleasant page of history. The French Mediterranean Fleet , we set off from Tianjin Port the next day and left the waters of Qing Dynasty.
The ending of the Tianjin Mission Case caused the Western powers to reshuffle their cards. The newly emerged Prussian Empire coveted the ambitions of the Qing Dynasty, which made the Western powers look askance. The Prussians also came to benefit from the Qing Empire. Prussian Minister Knipping led more than a hundred representatives The delegation was stationed in Tianjin and was about to embark on an official goodwill visit to the Qing Dynasty.
Public dissatisfaction erupted over the killing of seven national martyrs in court at Tianjin's Golden Gate Bridge. Officials from all over the country jointly signed a letter to impeach the "traitor" Li Hongzhang. Students from the Gongyuan and Hanlin Academy sit-in demonstrations, demanding that the imperial court remove Li Hongzhang from his official position. Snowflake The same revolutionary memorial was sent to the Forbidden City. But the situation in the court remained calm, because the Prussian diplomatic mission needed Li Hongzhang, the Northern Minister of Commerce and Industry, to receive them. Instead, the imperial court issued an edict to abolish the yamen of the three trade ministers and put them under Li Hongzhang came under Li Hongzhang's jurisdiction and changed the yamen of Tianjin Sankou Trade Minister into the Zhili Governor's Office. Li Hongzhang had greater say in foreign affairs. He was awarded the title of Bachelor of Yingwu Palace and became the first official of the Han Dynasty.